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  Category: Division of Fish and Wildlife


Additional Delaware Hunting Seasons Open in October

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Additional Delaware hunting seasons open in October, including snow goose, duck, other migratory birds and deer firearm seasons.



DuPont Nature Center Closing for Winter

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 29, 2020

The DuPont Nature Center at Mispillion Harbor Reserve will close for the winter starting Thursday, Oct. 1, with a scheduled reopening Saturday, April 3, 2021 for the busy spring and summer seasons.



Piping Plovers Nesting in Delaware Reach New High Number

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Thursday, September 24, 2020

For the third consecutive year, Delaware recorded a new all-time high number of nesting piping plovers, small beach nesting birds on Delaware’s state endangered list.



More Delmarva Fox Squirrels Moving to Delaware

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Thursday, September 17, 2020

Delmarva fox squirrels are about to get a population boost in Delaware with a new round of translocations planned for later this month, a project of the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and its state and federal partners.



West Nile Virus Is Detected in Delaware For First Time This Year in DNREC’s Sentinel Chickens

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Wednesday, September 2, 2020

West Nile Virus (WNV) was detected Aug. 27 in Delaware for the first time this year in DNREC’s sentinel chickens placed at a northern New Castle County location where the chickens are sampled regularly for the presence of the mosquito-transmitted disease.






  Category: Division of Fish and Wildlife

Additional Delaware Hunting Seasons Open in October

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Additional Delaware hunting seasons open in October, including snow goose, duck, other migratory birds and deer firearm seasons.



DuPont Nature Center Closing for Winter

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 29, 2020

The DuPont Nature Center at Mispillion Harbor Reserve will close for the winter starting Thursday, Oct. 1, with a scheduled reopening Saturday, April 3, 2021 for the busy spring and summer seasons.



Piping Plovers Nesting in Delaware Reach New High Number

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Thursday, September 24, 2020

For the third consecutive year, Delaware recorded a new all-time high number of nesting piping plovers, small beach nesting birds on Delaware’s state endangered list.



More Delmarva Fox Squirrels Moving to Delaware

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Thursday, September 17, 2020

Delmarva fox squirrels are about to get a population boost in Delaware with a new round of translocations planned for later this month, a project of the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and its state and federal partners.



West Nile Virus Is Detected in Delaware For First Time This Year in DNREC’s Sentinel Chickens

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Wednesday, September 2, 2020

West Nile Virus (WNV) was detected Aug. 27 in Delaware for the first time this year in DNREC’s sentinel chickens placed at a northern New Castle County location where the chickens are sampled regularly for the presence of the mosquito-transmitted disease.